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Just a selection of mixes and podcast that has captivated me lately, listening every morning, in a conscious exercise of musical research.

Morning listening exercises. Selection 2021

Podcasts and Collaborations

Related tracks: En Pausa - Conexión - ASIP

Art bei Ton & .apart were added in 2021 an can be found a the bottom of the List (ca #130 onward)
also : since 2022 : Human Lessons ( ca #290 onward)

Patterns of perception ; Precept ;  Modyfier ; Forsvarlig Arkiv ; Ohrwert; Art bei Ton; .apart

Sydney-based artist Alexandra Spence joins the Theory Therapy duo for a guest mix in the second half of this month's show. Her new album, "A Necessary Softness", is out April 16 on Room40. The show features tracks from the forthcoming Butter Sessions comp, the new c- and Lillerne collab and Best Effort's latest release.

Theory Therapy w/ Alexandra Spence - April 2021

The Revolving bridge was a portable bridge concept designed by Leonardo Da Vinci intended for military use. The main objective was to facilitate mobility helping armies to navigate unfamiliar terrain with less difficulty, and more easily escape from pursuing forces. A concept that seen from their current musical point of view has a lot to do with it.

“The idea starts from building a bridge between this current abnormality and the return to real life on a sea of ​​sound waves, creating a journey of peaks and valleys around electronics with a horizontal vocation, sound textures and contemporary chamber music”.

a_mal_gam_a took shape, back in 2016, when Diskoan (Juan Peralta) and Josephine's Soundscapes (José Salas) joined forces to create a research platform to explore electronic music beyond conventional parameters.

In this DJ-set they bring the dynamics of their sessions at "Avalovara, club de escucha", a pioneering monthly listening club in Madrid, where the most unusual music and visuals induce the attendees to a special state that encourages active listening and sensory experience mixed with (less conventional) ludic enjoyment.

In April 2021, a_mal_gam_a has curated the program for En Pausa, a festival  dedicated to horizontal music and deep listening.

The session was recorded in the @radio-relativa studios in Madrid.

You can find them at:
https://calmamadrid.es 
@a_mal_gam_a (@diskoan and @machines-desirantes)

.CHPTR026 'Revolving Bridges' | a_mal_gam_a

“For this podcast I would like to purpose some heterogeneity of electronic music I love, make me dance, smile and cry on it” - says Nicolas. 

Thorm is an electronic music french producer based in Paris starting back in 2014. Influenced by all the things life has to offer, his musical range can go from peaceful ambient and experimental sounds to Lo-Fi and dusky techno. Nicolas works a lot on the texture of the sound and on ambiences, drawing inspiration from movies soundtracks as well as modern and contemporary arts. 

“I hope this podcast composed in the 8 floor of my suburb Parisian flat give to you happiness and power” - Nicolas concludes.

You can find him at:
https://intervision2.bandcamp.com/album/human-digitize
@thormtechno

Support his music

.CHPTR027 'Together we can touch the sun' | thorm

The set is inspired around the central theme of the album Ipnopedion made by Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene. An album superbly built from the hypnosis session that Pier Fortunato Zanfretta agreed to undergo in order to find meaning after he had been abducted by a UFO. A sonic invitation that extracts how it feels to be taken by extraterrestrial forces.

Compulsive buyer of electronic listening vinyls based in Madrid, Javier Camuñas says: “I like how these types of semi-nightmare dreamlike passages remain in the central parts of the sets, with moments of tension-relaxation, drone, dark-jazz…”

Words that are perfectly reflected in all his neatness and healing mixes, offering us what his precious shelves hide. 

You can find him at:
@javier-camunas
www.facebook.com/javier.camunas
www.instagram.com/kamunas

Tracklist:

Multicast dynamics - aquatic system - amphibi
Elodie - Le voile des anneés
Elodie – Le Manteau D’Étoiles - B5
The Caretaker ‎– Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 3 - B7
Mecánica Clásica ‎– Mar Interior - Orillas Opuestas
Marsfield ‎– The Innocents - A Inocencia
Felix K ‎– Skulpturen - A1
Seabuckthorn – Through A Vulnerable Occur - A4
Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene ‎– Ipnopedion 1/2
Felicia Atkinson - hands in hand - D1
Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene ‎– Ipnopedion 2/2
Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin* Featuring Merja Kokkonen ‎– The Burrow - A3
Kassel Jaeger - Meith - B
Secret pyramid - Embers - Ohms
Soundwalk collective - Running On Emptiness
KMRU - opaquer - B1
Tactil -
Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples ‎– Anthology of American Pop Music - B2
SaPa -In a landscape - C2
Driftmachine - Shunter - A2
Peter Power and friends - Peregrine sun - A2

.CHPTR028 'Flying saucers in Torriglia' | Camu

Propietario de A Strangely Isolated Place y de la plataforma con sede en Los Angeles 9128.live, las sesiones de @astrangelyisolatedplace son verdaderos tratados sonoros sobre la emoción y la horizontalidad.

ASIP - EN PAUSA

En Pausa - Conexión - ASIP

Episode 18 https://soundcloud.com/lovebas


Artwork by Sage

Episode 19: Estrato Aurora

Human beings are social beings by nature. We live in community and interactions are an obligation for survival. They enrich and favor our personal development, being a critically important component for health and longevity. 

‘With You’ is an ode to human interactions, a theme of special relevance in the times we are living. The things we do together, the space between us, the silence, the words, the lack of words, the consequences. 

Oisatsana is the new project from experimental Spanish musician Tasio Rey. After having some experience in techno production under the name 'How to levitate', Oisatsana is a new identity that looks for a sound free of boundaries, approaching styles like glitch, drone, ambient, generative music and anything in between.

Tasio adds: “The following set is a mix of various styles and it is a good summary of the things that I am listening to the most lately and that inspire me to do music like Oisatsana”. 

Certainly, a very unique sound and extremely compact trip ‘with you’.

You can find him at:
@oisatsana
https://www.instagram.com/tatzio/

.CHPTR029 'With You' | Oisatsana

“This is one of poetry terms, that means a pause used for effect within a line of poetry”- Masaya says. In music, a caesura denotes a brief silent pause. But, how long is the silence? As such the silence is as short or long as the conductor deems necessary.

Lots of beautiful brief silent pauses among outstanding instrumental melodic pieces, subtle and classy percussions, the crack and hiss of inviting noisy sounds, delicate rough textures, gentle ambient drones, charming voices,…managing to create a situation of tension-relaxation very intriguing and fascinating. 

Masaya Kato is a Japanese composer and sound artist based in Yokohama. Influenced much by poetry, video or performing arts and based on perception and cutaneous senses in daily life. Typically his compositions are born out of Fender Rhodes or Piano sketches along with additional sounds of magnetic noises.

We definitely like the idea of a caesura  between music narratives, a space which listeners can fill in with their own speculative history.

You can find him at:
@ktmsy
https://www.instagram.com/masaya_kat0/

.CHPTR030 'Caesura' | Masaya Kato

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter CXXVIII by @multicastdynamics. Cover photo courtesy of Candace Price.

Tracklist:
1. Unreleased - new release TBA
2. Robert Henke - Oomoo
3. Multicast Dynamics - Language Of Colours
4. Pontiac Streator - Stuck In A Cave
5. Andrew Pekler - Frisland (dub)
6. Meta - Ambiente 1
7. Luigi Tozzi & Claudio PRC - Lyra III
8. Sa Pa - Room With A View
9. Ula - Smile
10. Albert van Abbe - Untitled
11. ASC - Ocean Shadow
12. Pontiac Streator - Lamp Fest
13. Maxxxbass - Untitled
14. Donato Dozzy - 12H.11

Mysteries of the Deep CXXVIII - Multicast Dynamics

Zemög - Lāsya Virtual Festival @ 9128.live - Exclusive Vinyl Set

The experience took place virtually on June 11th 2021 worldwide from the radio platform 9128.live.

Zemög (Pereira, Colombia)
The sonic explorer and vinyl collector Zemög is an artist who is known to constantly push the threshold when it comes to sound design and tone manipulation. He has been an active DJ since 2012 with residency in several clubs in his hometown Pereira and has played with several well known international artists. As composer he made his official debut in 2019 on From a Lost Place label with ‘Vuoto EP’ , followed by releases on Ordinamento Selettivo, Circular Limited and the last one in the Italian label Different Exhibition where he was remixed by the first time with nothing less than Claudio PRC. His appearance can be found on other VA collaborations and remixes around the globe as well.
He is also a co-founder and visual artist of Matteria, a collective that makes electronic music events in Pereira, Colombia.

https://soundcloud.com/zemog0
https://www.facebook.com/zemogmusic.0
https://www.instagram.com/__zemog

The term Lāsya, in the context of Hindu mythology, describes the dance performed by Goddess Parvati as it expresses love, care, happiness and is filled with grace and beauty. The Lāsya was the second phase of creation, in response to Shiva's Tandava dance that gave birth to the Universe. It combined to form the triad, "laya", "pralaya" & “shunya” - the cyclic motion of things from resonance to dissolution, from stillness to movement, from sound to silence, and such represents the dialectical "being-nonbeing-becoming". In a literal sense, Lāsya means softer, it is the divine feminine nature in all of us which manifests as beauty, happiness, enchanting, and grace.
We may be silenced by law, but our nature is movement. ~ We are joining together on this dance, 11 by number, for a 13h of exclusive live stream takeover on 9128.live.

https://www.facebook.com/lasyart

Oslated.
http://www.oslated.com
https://soundcloud.com/oslated
https://oslated.bandcamp.com
https://formaviva.com/oslated

Lāsya Virtual Festival @ 9128.live

Zemög - Lāsya Virtual Festival @ 9128.live - Exclusive Vinyl Set

Variations w/ KMRU - 12th July 2021

~ Deep Breakfast 124 by https://soundcloud.com/ambientologist ~

In this mix, the Ambientologist label takes us through various vocally-infused pieces, across ambient, acoustic, classical and more. The aim was to demonstrate the breadth of emotional efficacy that comes with the human voice, from grounded melancholy to lofty ethereal weightless. Also featured within are some teasers from the upcoming album from Jolanda Moletta.

Find more like this in their Vocal Ambient playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3kskFLv

Tracklist:
01. Tristan Kasten-Krause - From Thin Air (feat. Lisel) [self-released, 2021]
02. Jessica Roch - Dictate/Meditate [self-released, 2020]
03. Elsa Hewitt - Kevlar [ERH, 2020]
04. Dylan Henner & Robert Farrugia - Xochitlatcan [Ambientologist, 2021]
05. Arooj Aftab - Baghon Main Pade Jhoole [self-released, 2014]
06. Karen Vogt - Heartsease [self-released, 2021]
07. Tim Shiel - Memory Palace [Spirit Level, 2019]
08. Midwife - God is a Cop [The Flenser, 2021]
09. Rinnovare & Julia Gjertsen - Natural Unfolding [Ambientologist, 2021]
10. Lucy Gooch - My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every Moment [Past Inside the Present, 2020]
11. Jolanda Moletta - Spell Glimpse 1 [Ambientologist, forthcoming]
12. Julianna Barwick - Pyrrhic [Dead Oceans, 2013]
13. Innesti - Insouciant [Dronarivm, 2021]
14. awakened souls & City Of Dawn - piedro blanco [Ambientologist, 2021]
15. HOLT - Solipsis [self-released, 2020]
16. Ekin Fil & Ella Zwietnig - Far Within Reach [self-released, 2021]
17. Ana Roxanne - A Study in Vastness [kranky, 2020]
18. Zoe Polanski - Cornet a Des [Parallax Records, 2018]
19. Patrick Belaga - Grey Eye (feat. Jazmin Romero) [PAN, 2021]
20. Freya Arde - Featherlike [self-released, 2020]
21. Hollie Kenniff - Shifting Winds [self-released, 2020]
22. Sarah Neufeld - Stories [Paper Bag Records, 2021]
23. Offthesky & The Humble Bee - Hum In The Heart Of A Dreaming [LAAPS, 2020]
24. Jolanda Moletta - Spell Glimpse 2 [Ambientologist, forthcoming]
25. Tim Linghaus - Love And Dust [Schole Records, 2020]
26. Ricky Eat Acid - Algeria [Cascine, 2018]
27. Grouper - Little Grey Cat [Acuarela, 2008]
28. Benoît Pioulard - Try To Be More Realistic (with Pepo Galán & Karen Vogt) [Ambientologist, 2020]
29. Halftribe & awakened souls - Upstream [Ambientologist, 2021]
30. 36 & awakened souls - Guide Me Home (One Misstep) [self-released, 2021]
31. anthéne & Antarctic Wastelands - Midnight in January [Ambientologist, 2021]
32. Sea Oleena - Portugal (A Lift) [Cascine, 2018]
33. Balmorhea & Lisa Morgenstern - The Myth [Deutsche Grammophon, 2021]
34. Jolanda Moletta - Spell Glimpse 3 [Ambientologist, forthcoming]
35. Sebastian Plano - Save me Not [Mercury KX, 2021]
36. Moby - My Weakness [Mute, 1999]
37. Tim Shiel - Don’t Forget This Time (feat. Jahnne) [Spirit Level, 2018]
38. Raveena - Petal [Moonstone Recordings, 2019]

Have a good listening.

Photo: Arjun Mantri

Deep Breakfast 124 - Ambientologist (Vocal Ambient Mix)

“Now come the whispers
bearing bouquets of moonbeams
and sunlight tremblings.” 

Auditory pleasure trip by @adhemarmusic

✢

MFIS XXII ✢ Adhémar

@sanjib-4 (Lyon, France)

As summer comes to a close, Sanjib offers us a new podcast. A moment of escape, freedom, and relaxation through a beautifully selected ambient set. His gentle sounds will allow you to reset your mind and soothe your senses.

The Lyon-based artist has been releasing contemplative, emotional, and textured music since 2015 via Lett Records, and more recently Oslated, Huinali Recordings, and Crescent London.

Tracklist:

I. Pe - False Hope [Zabte Sote]
II. Fogh Depot - Quicksilver Spoon [Denovali]
III. Sanjiva - This is It [Ninetysix Sounds]
IV. Andrea - TP [Illian Tape]
V. Amanita Phalloides & Heavenchord - Skazka Bil Da Vney Namek [Secret Domain]
VI. Kobarey - Orithyia [Lowless]
VII. Agaric - Transformer Space God Man [Ovum Recordings]
VIII. Solar Quest - Nature's Gallery [Electronic Soundscapes Records]
IX. Unjin - Tail of Us [Kizen Records]
X. From Within - Brain To Midi [Fax Records]
XI. Zann - Stalker II [Lett Records]
XII. Mechanist - Ley Lines [Silent Season]
XIII. Skytechnic - To Heaven [Secret Domain]
XIV. Loscil - Iona [loscil]


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Melifera Podcast ⬡ Sanjib

Camu is next up on our Podcast series with a bewitching recording from last years Springkell gathering. The setting is a dim lit, softly furnished room of a Scottish rural estate with a fireplace gently crackling and whispering into the space. Everyone is quiet, sitting or laying still and diving into the sounds emanating from all four corners of the room, fully immersed in the ritual of communal listening 🐚

Camu is a Spanish born and based artist pulling at the deeper strings of ambient, drone and sound art informed electro-acoustic music. He is the co-founder of Madrid-based event space Especio Perpendicular that he co-runs with local group of fellow deep music enthusiats. Highly recommended for anyone in or visiting Madrid and looking for a night out of the ordinary 🌚✨

Charging headstrong into the cavernous spaces filled with drones, overheard field recordings, sounds hanging in earshot by the faintest thread, this journey is at the same time fragile and powerful. The dynamics flow with intent from barely audible to overwhelming, from fluid to abrasive, no stone left unturned in this microscopic survey of sound and emotion 🕯️

Recorded live at Springkell 2023

Sounds by @javier-camunas
Visions by @marcomaldarella


TRACKLIST

Steve Roden - Garden (''Man Trembles Facing The Universe'')
Vittorio Guindani - Jisei 11
Lisa Lerkenfeldt - Shell Of A City
Annea Lockwood - Immersion
AI-36 - Unreleased
Kevin Richard Martin - Hari
Sciama - TL_11
Moritz Von Oswald - Volta (Version)
Sciama - Zero Distance
Clara Brea - A segmented body
Javier Marimon- SEC 2
Krohn/Mjolsness - Rack 2
Felisha Ledesma - Part 4
Menhir x Clara Brea - Perpetual Haste
Biosphere - Rotation
Charlemagne Palestine x Mika Vainio x Eric Thielemans - Untitled 6
steve roden - undulant spores
Barn Owl - The Last Parade

Podcast Series 49 | Camu @ Springkell 23

We are thrilled to present our upcoming musical journey into the intricate soundscapes of ambient, drone, and sound art-infused electroacoustic music. This live recording was thoughtfully crafted by Camu, a talented Spanish-born artist based in Madrid. 

To elevate your listening experience, we recommend pairing the mix with aged teas, inviting you to connect with this music on a deeper level. 

Sounds by @javier-camunas
Photo by @artyom-zanko

#9 Teacast with Camu

Easter Week 2025. We hosted our second live music and light show in Barcelona, featuring a series of DJ sets. This time, the night closed with an electrifying performance by Pillen & Camu from Madrid. Here's a glimpse of what their set sounded like.

Pillen b2b Camu / Soundscapes Barcelona by Communion

For the first time collaborating on a mix, Camu and Joan Gila crafted this set for Temple 08 "world of echo", a series of deep listening events curated by Josephine and Camu himself at Espacio Perpendicular. 

The mix drifts through a landscape of minimalism, ambient waves, shamanic echoes, and deep, textural drones - an immersive journey through layers of sound.

@javier-camunas
@joan-gila
@espacio-perpendicular
@hoc-radio

Joan Gila & Camu | #86

"A lucid dream is a dream in which a person becomes aware that he or she is dreaming, and it then becomes quite different from an ordinary dream. For one thing, it can be strikingly realistic - to the point of producing a convincing replica of the normal physical world - and for another, it has its own psychological characteristics and range of emotional reactions, which must be considered independently of those experienced in normal dreaming."

Spanish sonic alchemist Camu joins us on the series with a deep session recorded at Lucid Dreams at Espacio Perpendicular, a Madrid-based event space he co-founded with like-minded individuals who share a beautiful ear for the more obscure shades of electronic music.

Tracklist:

Richard Chartier – archival
Richard Chartier – Fields for Recording 1-8
MMMD – Skóra
Fabio Perletta – Ichinen Pt.2
Thomas Köner – Novaya Zemlya 2
Nurse with Wound – A Missing Sense
CoH + Cosey Fanni Tutti – Inside
placa – lugar común
Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene – Taetonia
Perila – Sweat (with Inger Wold Lund)
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Sorcery Killings
Ragnar Kestis – og gleðin snýr aftur (Original Mix)
Fennesz – Happy Audio
Fjäder – Hjärtans Fröjd
Aidan Baker – Blood Like A Chorus of Insects
Mads Emil Nielsen – Installation - 2
Paleman – For Trees (4)
Bass Communion – Drugged IV
ARROWOUNDS – Burial Trances
Gregg Kowalsky – X-XI
Jo Johnson – Haunted by the Legend of Better Days
Laurent Pernice – Antigone au tombeau
Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard – Altocumulus, Cumulonimbus, Nimbostratus
Steve Roden / In Be Tween Noise – And Go The Great Man
Concepción Huerta – Emerges From the Deep
Pinkcourtesyphone – Lure / Beyond Exactly

https://soundcloud.com/javier-camunas
https://soundcloud.com/espacio-perpendicular
https://www.instagram.com/kamunas/
https://www.instagram.com/espacio.perpendicular/

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://claytonciolac.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Camu @ Lucid Dreams, 2025

Italian duo https://soundcloud.com/naturalelectronicsystem have been a force within techno’s underground since 2004, gaining respect through their much revered podcasts for cult websites such as mnml ssgs and Smoke Machine, as well as their international dj sets, including at Labyrinth in Japan. 

After a mesmerizing set at the Patterns of Perception opening party at OHM in April, we are pleased to have natural/electronic.system. provide the seventh installment of our mix series - an hour of groovy, slowly unfolding dub techno.

We also had a chat with the duo about the mix, their push into production, and the music that makes them 'vibrate': http://goo.gl/LxTbOH

Patterns of Perception 07

Patterns of Perception 07 - natural/electronic.system.

1,5 hours of ambient music for sleep and study. &nbsp; Playlist: Aquasphere Beta Urge Music for Sleep Healing Sleep Music Swimming in the Aquasphere Swimming&nbsp; &nbsp; Image author: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)&nbsp;

# Ambient music for Sleep - 2h

Precept 001 | Maïore

Irshad Hussein is an Azerbaijani electronic musician and dj from Baku.  İnspired by atmospheric and deep sounding he moves in the direction of techno and ambient. He recently realized his EP Obastan on the spanish label Circular Limited, which promote artists like Svarog, OWL, Concept of thrill, Kanthor and more... Enjoy its contribution

Precept 002 | Irshad Hussein

Ephere is a 23 years old french producer from Lille (FR). His work represents well the kind of vibes we try to promotes. His track "Vain" has met a lot of success on soundcloud, he already has two EP released and a new one is coming soon... A man to follow!

@ephere

Precept 003 | Ephere

@hydrangeamusic ’s life as a producer and DJ began relatively recently, when in 2014 she began expressing the quietness, wonder and intensity of nature in techno. For this prodigious French talent, creating and selecting music is an act of entering a deeper dimension, both transcendent and grounded in the hypnotic beauty of the natural world.

As a producer, she has released her own productions – which are lucid, mesmerising, arresting – on @annulled_music, @two-two-records, and @silent-season.

As a DJ, she is equally inspired by the dancefloors she plays to across Europe as by the nature around her home. She describes this mix for Patterns of Perception as a musical trip for one of her walks in the forest, creating an inner journey while being connected with the surroundings.

Wherever you happen to listen to it, we are confident it will have a similar effect on you.

Links: 
@hydrangeamusic
https://www.facebook.com/musichydrangea/

Tracklist:
Lena Deen - Lateral
Ntogn - Draki 
Meta - Ambiente 2
Kanthor - Ballet Mécanique
Bichord - Analog Wind
Adam Michalak - Evening Later
Void & Materia - Sonar Call
Andaman - Vision III (Refracted Remix)
Mohlao - Patchbay
Kanthor - Kirtana
Chnl - Ion (Terra)
Perial - 2019
Teste + Edit Select - Ascend
Aquarium - Sandalwood
Mohlao - Rotar
Depthon - Polygraph (Ricardo Garduno Remix)
Sicarius Hahnio - Resto Domani
Vytis - Ocean